Sri ramanujacharya statue

MENU MENU • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Current Affairs • • • • • • Quizzes(Prelims) • • • • • • • Mains • • • • • • • • • Analyticas: Optional Subjects • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Current Affairs • • • • • • • • • • • • • Quizzes • • • • • • • • Mains • • • Interview • • • Questions Papers & Syllabus • • • • • • • • • • • • • • General Studies – 1 • • • • • • • • • General Studies – 2 • • • • • General Studies – 3 • • • • • • • General Studies – 4 • • • GS Paper 1: Topics Covered:Art and Culture. Context: PM Narendra Nodi is all set to unveil the world’s second-largest statue (Statue of Equality) in Hyderabad on February 5. • The 216-foot-tall statue of 11nth-century social reformer and saint, Ramanujacharya will be in a sitting position. What is the Statue of Equality? The world’s second tallest statue in a sitting position is made up of ‘panchaloha’, meaning a combination of five metals i.e. gold, copper, silver, brass and zinc. • The inner sanctorum deity of Sri Ramanujacharya is built of 120 kilos of gold. This commemorates the 120 years the saint spent on earth. About Sri Ramanujacharya: • Born in 1017 CE in Tamil Nadu. • He is the most respected Acharya in the philosophy of Sri Vaishnavism. • He was also referred to as Ilaya Perumal which means the radiant one. • His philosophical foundations for devotionalism were influential to the Bhakti movement. • He is famous as the chief proponent of Vishishtadvaita subschool of Vedānta. • He wrote i...